
DHS to ramp up deportation flights to Haiti as migrants overwhelm US southern border
CNN
The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up deportation flights to Haiti to deter Haitians who are overwhelming Del Rio, Texas, a Customs and Border Protection official told CNN.
The flights are expected soon, the official said. A Homeland Security official previously told CNN that a flight to Haiti went out Wednesday and that the flights would continue.
The Associated Press was first to report on the increase in flights.

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